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Euripides: Orestes

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Please join this week’s Online Reading of Greek Tragedy with Euripides’ powerful dramatic work, “Orestes.” In accordance with the advice of the god Apollo, Orestes has killed his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands, then finds himself tormented by the Furies for the blood guilt stemming from his matricide. Hosted by Joel Christensen, with special guest, Claire Catenaccio. Presented by the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and the Out of Chaos Theatre. Stream this video here.